Printing-machine.



J'. F. WERLE.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2. 191a.

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' MTRMEVS J. F. WERLE.

' PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2.19I8.

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JOHN WEJRLE, 01E BROOKLYN, NEW.YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HOOLE. MACHINE aENGRAV- ING WORKS, INCORPORATED, OF BROOKLYN, NEW"IORK, A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK.

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To all wltomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. Wanna, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, in theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPrinting-Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Statements to customers of banks and other financial institutions, pagesof looseleaf ledgers, and other stationery of. the same general class,of which only a limited number of copies, perhaps only one or two,

are supplied for each individual customer,

bear the names and sometimes the addresses of the individual customers.To write in the name or the name and address, on each sheet, either byhand or with a typewriting machine, requires too much time and labor.The use of machines of the addressograph character is sometimes resortedto,but the impressions yielded are often blurred or indistinct and aregenerally not pleasing in appearance. The object of this invention is toproduce a printing machine with which names or names and addresses canbe printed on such stationery so as to yield clear im pressions and withgreat speed and economy of labor. In accordance withthe invention aprinting machine of the plunger type is provided with a carrier capableof receiv ing a number of linotype slugs, which carrier can be advancedautomatically at each operation to bring a new slug to the line ofprinting, or can be made to repeat as often as desired by the operator,and can be re placed quickly by any similar carrier, so that a greatnumber of impressions, limited even to a single impression of each name,can be struck off rapidly, with aperfect impression in each case. Theinvention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which it is illustrated and in which Figure 1is a view in elevation of the upper part of a printing machine whichembodies the invention.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dulyfid, THTS.

Application filed. April 2, 1918. Serial No. 226,164t.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same in front elevation. e i

Fig. 3 is a detail view, on a larger scale, of the carrier and some ofits associated parts.

Fig. 4: is a view of the same as seen from the right hand in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view partly in horizontal section on the plane indicated bythe broken line 5-5 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,one of the slugs being shown as withdrawn from the carrier.

In the machine illustrated in the drawings, a suitable standard asupports a platen b, an ink plate 0, a driven shaft d with its crankdisk CZ, a vertically moving plunger e and inking mechanism f. All ofthese parts may be constructed and arranged to operate as usual.

The plunger e carries a frame 9 which has secured thereto, at its lowerend, a carrier it, the frame and carrier preferably having a dovetailjoint, as at h, and being held together, as by a screw 72. and a cli729, so that the carrier can be detached readily from the frame ifdesired.

The l..-shaped carrier it supports a spindle i on which is mountedrotatably a sleeve 70, which may be formed or provided, at one end, witha ratchet feed wheel is and a toothed stop wheel 1 0 the sleeve beingshown as having the stop wheel 70 formed therewith, while the feed wheelis is secured thereto by screws The spindle 2' is provided at its freeend with a washer e" and bolt by which the sleeve 70 can be secureddetachably on the spindle 2',- the washer '11 having a diameter lessthan the external diameter of the sleeve 70..

0n the sleeve is is mounted detachably, but not rotatably, a carrierdrum Z, which is slotted radially, at Z, to receive a num ber oflinotype slugs, indicated at m. The carrier drum is notched, as at Z toengage a pin 70 secured in the sleeve 70, so as to prevent rotation ofthe carrier druml with respect to the sleeve 70. At its end adjacent tothe shoulder 70 of the sleeve, the carrier drum Z may have securedthereto an annular plate Z to form a stop for the slugs m. At its otherend the carrier drum Z has secured to it an annular plate n. Between theend of the carrier drum and the plate a is interposed a friction 1 ringa provided with spring fingers n adapted to bear frictionally againstthe end of the corresponding slug m tohold it in'place in its slot. Thescrews a by which the ring a is secured to the carrier drum, arearranged-to alternate with the slots of the drum and the spring'fingers,as shown, so that, the ring n being somewhat elastic, any screw can beset up more or less so as to regulate the pressure of the adjacentspring fingers. The carrier drum, with its slugs, is held inplace on thesleeve 70 by a lock 0 pivoted at 0 on the carrier h' and provided with apin 0 for convenient manipulation.

Aspring-pressed detent p, pivoted on the carrier h, engages the stopwheel 70 so as to prevent accidental movement thereof and insureaccurate positioning of each slug as it is brought to the line ofprinting.

A driving pawl g is pivoted on the head a of the standard a; and is heldby a spring q in driving relation with the feed wheel 70. This pawl isalso provided with a pivoted handle notched, as at 9 for engagement witha'fiXed pin 9*, so that the pawl Q can be held out of driving relationwith the feed wheel k or permit it to stand in driving relationtherewith, at the'will of the oper ator.

In the use of the machine the linotype slugs are inserted in the slotsof the carrier drum and the drum is then slipped upon the sleeve 70 andheld in placejthereon' by the latch 0. The machine being then set inmotion, with thepawl g in operative relation with the feed wheel is, thecarrier drum is advanced one step at each reciprocation of the plunger,the feed wheel 70 being brought into engagement with the pawl g, as theplunger approaches the upper limit of its stroke. The drum is held inthis position by the hold pawl 29 and, the type having been inked in theusual manner, an impression is made upon the sheet placed on the platento receive it. With the driving pawl q in working relation with theratchet wheel is, anew slug is brought to the printing line at everyoperation and each sheet placed on the platen receives therefore asingle impression. When all of the slugs on the drum have been used,another drum, previously loaded, can

be substituted quickly for the drum used.-

In this mannera great number of single impressions canLb'e struck withgreat rapidity. In some caseskit may be desired to make morethanoneimpression from the same slug and in such-cases the pawl q is held outof. working relation with the ratchet wheel by means of the notchedlever g until the number of impressions desired by the operator has beenstruck.

It will be understood that various changes in details of constructionand arrangement may be made to suit different conditions of use and thatthe invention, except as pointed out in the accompanying claims, is notlimited to the precise construction shown and described herein.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a printing machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrierhaving a spindle, a sleeve mounted rotatably on the spindle, a carrierdrum mounted to rotate with the sleeve and detachable therefrom andprovidedwith a plurality of radial slots to receive printing slugs,means to retain the sleeve on the spindle, means to retain the carrierdrum detachably on the sleeve, and means'to rotate the sleeve.

2. In a printing machine, the combination of a'reciprocating carrierhaving a spindle, a sleeve mounted rotatably on the spindle and providedwith a driving ratchet wheel, a carrier drum mounted on the sleeve to1'0- tate therewith and provided with a plurality of radial slots toreceive printing slugs, means to retain the carrier drum in position onthe sleeve, and a driving pawl mounted e11 a'fiXed part of the machinein working relation with the ratchet wheel.

3. A carrier drum for a printing machine having a plurality of radialslots to receive printing slugs, an end plate against which the slugsmay abut at one end, an annular plate secured to the drum at the otherend and a slotted friction ring interposed between the last named plateand the carrier drum and having radial fingers adapted to bear againstthe ends of the slugs.

4. A carrier drum for a printing machine having a plurality of radialslots to receive printing slugs, an end plate against which the slugsmay abut at one end, an annular plate secured to the drum at the otherend, a slotted friction ring interposed between the last named plate andthe carrier drum and having radial fingers adapted to bear against theends of the slugs, and screws adapted to draw one part'or another ofsaid annular plate more closely toward the drum to cause the radialspring fingers to bear more tightly against the ends of the slug.

5. In a printing machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrierhaving a spindle, a shouldered sleeve, means to retain the sleevedetachably on the spindle, a driving ratchet wheel for the sleeve, acarrier drum provided with a plurality of radial slots to receiveprinting slugs, means to retain the carrier drum detachably on saidsleeve and a pawl mounted on a fixed part of the machine in operativerelation with said ratchet wheel.

6. In a printing machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrierhaving a spindle, a shouldered sleeve mounted rotatably on the spindle,a feeding ratchet wheel and a stop wheel mounted to rotate with thesleeve, a carrier drum provided with a'plurality of radial slots toreceive printing slugs, means to retain the carrier drum detachably onthe sleeve, a hold pawl mounted on the reciproeating carrier forcooperation with the stop 10 wheel and a driving pawl mounted on a fixedpart of the machine for cooperation with the driving ratchet wheel.

llhis specification signed this 30th day of March 1918..

JUHN 1F. WERLE topics of this patent may he obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, mo W

